Results 1-20 of 214 for carers speaker:Pearse Doherty

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (16 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 454. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how often carer's allowance is reviewed; the criteria upon which it is reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16001/24]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: ..., on balance, we have advocated for a "Yes" vote in both referendums. Whatever the results, however, this must be a catalyst for meaningful change for people with disabilities, those who need care and their carers. I appeal to the Government to deliver the long-overdue rights and supports badly needed in this context. Cluineann muid go bhfuil comhdháil náisiúnta ag an...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Care Services (7 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 321. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if carers can be provided to a person in County Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11320/24]

Supporting People with Disabilities and Carers: Motion [Private Members] (5 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: ...;anamh sa rún seo ach fosta don obair atá á dhéanamh aici ar son daoine faoi mhíchumas agus cúramóirí amuigh ansin. Bíonn an cheist seo á hardú aici arís agus arís eile. People with disabilities and carers deserve better and the time for action is now. In Donegal, and indeed throughout the State, people with disabilities...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (12 Dec 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 491. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance application for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54962/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (6 Dec 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 110. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made for a carer’s benefit review (details supplied); if any outstanding documentation is required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53923/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (5 Dec 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 356. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an oral hearing request for a carer's allowance appeal will be facilitated for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53340/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (5 Dec 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 366. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an oral hearing request for a carer's allowance appeal will be facilitated for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53698/23]

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...is in place. There is no special provision for them. There is no reduction in their income tax, even though we need more nurses in our health system. There are many other similar areas. The Government has decided to tax a nurse, teacher or carer more than a landlord, which is appalling. The Department officials went further when they assessed the option of a separate method of taxing...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 305. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made for a carer’s benefit review (details supplied); the current processing times for such reviews; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49839/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Budget 2024 Expenditure Ceiling and Resource Allocation for the Department of Health and HSE: Discussion (14 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...now 11th, based on newer data which the Minister put on the record. However, even with that information, it goes on to say that this still is not clear because Ireland includes payments to family carers in healthcare expenditure and it comprises 4.3% of all healthcare expenditure. It says a majority of ten of EU 15 countries do not include social care expenditure in healthcare...

Respite Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (30 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Gabhaim buíochas le mo chomhghleacaithe a chuir síos an rún seo. There is no doubt that carers and families have been failed right across the State and failed far too often. I commend the fact that Deputy Cullinane has tabled this motion today. These parents and children often find it difficult to have their voices heard. Respite services are not a luxury. They are a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...it is also a problem for patients and families across the State. In my county of Donegal, parents are forced to go on local radio to express their outrage and concern about respite services being suspended at Drumboe Respite House in Stranorlar for over three years. In Wexford, parents, carers and those supporting them staged a protest down Gorey's main street following the news that...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (18 Apr 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 879. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if notice to cease a carer's allowance payment for a person (details suppled) in County Donegal can be stayed until requested information is provided by another Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16667/23]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...mortgages sold off to vulture funds are now seeing interest being charged at a rate of 7.5%, with further hikes on the way next month. The Government voted against this sensible proposal and it also voted against a spring bonus for those in receipt of social welfare payments such as disability or carer's allowance and for pensioners. Such a payment would support the most vulnerable -...

Cost-of-Living Supports: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: .... That is why Sinn Féin has tabled the motion, to which the Government did not even respond. There is a need for additional supports. A spring bonus should be paid to 1.3 million people, such as carers, people on disability allowances, pensioners and social welfare recipients. Energy supports should be extended to those working families who have been abandoned by the...

Cost-of-Living Supports: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...following measures as part of a broader suite of actions to support workers and families throughout 2023: — commit to the payment of a "Spring Bonus" for those relying on working age social welfare payments, including pensioners, people with disabilities, carers and lone parents; — extend the Fuel Allowance eligibility to Working Family Payment recipients, to reach...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...much as €400 more per month in interest than they would be paying had their mortgages not been sold off. They have no option to switch or to fix their rate. They describe themselves as mortgage prisoners with nowhere to turn. One homeowner contacted me whose mortgage was sold by Permanent TSB to Start Mortgages. She is a full-time carer for her son, who has cerebral palsy....

Mortgage Interest Relief Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (8 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...now. I mentioned Rachel earlier. The Minister just ignored that point in trying to deflect in silly numbers to the effect that everybody would get €1,500. Let us bring this back to the individuals. Rachel is a carer with a child with cerebral palsy. Her mortgage type has meant an increase of €400 per month. This is before this month's increase has been passed on to...

Mortgage Interest Relief Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (8 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...many borrowers facing interest rates as high as 7.5%. They have no option to switch or to fix their rate. Many of these vultures offer no alternatives. I was contacted recently by a mortgage borrower, Rachel, whose mortgage was sold by Permanent TSB to Start Mortgages. She is a full-time carer for her son, who has cerebral palsy. By January she had received four letters from Start...